Man dies after Tumkur MLA’s vehicle knocks him down

April 30, 2012
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Bangalore, April 30: A senior citizen was killed when he was knocked down by a speeding SUV carrying Tumkur Rural MLA Suresh Gowda, near Nelamangala Main Road on Sunday.

The accident occurred at around 10.30 am, when the victim, Thimma Hanumaiah, 69, was crossing the road. Hanumaiah sustained severe injuries. He was rushed to a nearby hospital on Nelamangala Main Road.

Dr Manjappa, the orthopaedic surgeon at the hospital, said the victim was talking when he was brought to the hospital. “We conducted a scan on the patient and found severe internal bleeding due to injuries caused to major organs. Since our hospital did not have the facilities to handle the case, we referred him to Columbia Asia Hospital in Yeshwantpur,” he said.

However, Hanumaiah succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital. Dr Sunil Rao from Columbia Asia Hospital confirmed that the patient was brought dead to the hospital.Hanumaiah, a resident of Rajajinagar and a retired HMT staffer, was a native of Kenchiganahalli in Nelamangala.

On Sunday, Hanumaiah was on his way to Chunchanagiri. En route, he had stopped his car near a ‘kalyana mantap’ to attend the wedding of a distant relative. He was crossing the road when he was hit by the speeding SUV.

Balaramaiah, a distant cousin of Hanumaiah, who witnessed the accident, told Deccan Herald that the impact of the accident was such that he was thrown up into the air for about 10 feet.

“We came to know that the SUV belonged to MLA Suresh Gowda, when he got off the car after moving a safe distance ahead. He did not even care to see the victim’s face, instead arranged for another car to pick him up and went away. We were shocked with his apathy. Soon, one of his followers came and tried to talk to us,” he said.

However, Suresh Gowda denied that he had fled the scene after the accident.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, he said: “It was an accident. Actually, pedestrians are not allowed on the national highway. When this man suddenly came on to the road, the driver tried his best to avoid hitting him, but lost control of the vehicle. It is not true that I fled the scene. In fact, I left two taluk panchayat members and my personal assistant with them. They have been with the victim’s family throughout the day. It is the electronic media that has sensationalised the case. I will visit the family.”

But, Hanumaiah’s family said they were hurt by the statements made by the MLA that he would provide compensation to the victim’s family. The victim’s son, Prasanna Kumar, working with Kirloskar, condemned the statement and said they did not want the MLA’s money as nothing could compensate his father’s death.

Nelamangala police registered a case, seized the vehicle and arrested the driver, Dayanand.


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July 15,2020

Mumbai, Jul 15: A domestic row between a couple spilled onto road when a woman stopped her husbands car and climbed on its bonnet, briefly disrupting traffic on the busy Pedder Road in South Mumbai, police said on Wednesday.

The incident, which took place on Saturday evening, was recorded by some passersby on their mobile phones and its videos are making rounds on social media.

The wife chased the husband's SUV (sports utility vehicle) in her car after she spotted another woman seated next to him in his vehicle.

As her husband's SUV stopped at the Pedder Road signal, the wife get down from her car, rushed towards his four-wheeler and started shouting at him, a police official said.

In the video, the woman is seen climbing the bonnet of the SUV, removing her footwear and hitting the vehicle's windshield with it. She is also seen asking the husband's co- passenger to get out of the SUV and shouting for police help.

As she stopped her car in the middle of the busy road, one lane got blocked for some time and the traffic police personnel present there tried to ensure movement of other vehicles, the official said.

After sometime, the traffic police asked the couple to take their cars near the footpath.

By that time, the husband stepped out of his SUV, following which the wife ran towards him and caught him. She even kicked him a couple of times and took him to her car, the video shows.

She then again ran towards her husband's SUV, which was parked a few metres away. She opened its driver-side door and lunged at the woman seated in the vehicle, but was stopped by some people who had gathered at the spot, the police official said.

Later, the couple and their cars were taken to Gamdevi police station, where the wife refused to lodge a complaint against her husband.

A fine was imposed on her for traffic rules violation and abandoning her car in the middle of the road, which caused disruption of vehicular movement, the official said.

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June 17,2020

Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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February 6,2020

Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha President Ranjit Bachchan was shot dead on Sunday because of an extra-marital relationship of his second wife.

Lucknow Police Commissioner Sujit Pandey said at a press conference here on Thursday that Ranjit Bachchan's second wife Smriti Srivastava, her paramour Dipendra and driver Sanjit Gautam have been arrested in connection with the case. All three were held on Thursday, while the shooter -- Jitendra -- is yet to be arrested.

Pandey said that Smriti wanted a divorce from Ranjit Bachchan and their case was pending in the family court since 2016. While she was keen to marry Dipendra, Ranjit Bachchan was unwilling to leave her.

"On January 17, Ranjit had met Smriti and even slapped her, which became the provocation for the murder," he said.

The Police Commissioner said that during investigation, the police had probed all possible angles, including a terror angle.

"We found there were no financial disputes, no property disputes and no terror angle to the case. It emerged that Smriti had an affair with Dipendra and wanted to leave Ranjit Bachchan, who had four criminal cases against him. Through technical and electronic surveillance, we found the connection between Smriti, Dipendra, driver Sanjit and the shooter Jitendra," he said.

Ranjeet Bachchan, 40, who had founded the Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha, was shot in the head on Sunday morning while his brother Aditya Srivastava was injured in the attack by the assailant who also snatched their mobile phones.

The attacker had covered himself in a shawl and was on foot. The police had released CCTV footages showing a suspect and announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for providing information.

Four police personnel, including a sub-inspector, were suspended for alleged laxity and a case was registered at the Hazratganj po

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